braynard



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOS. L. BRAYNARD, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

REIN-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 31,698, dated 4March 19, 1861.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS L. BRAYNARD, residing in New York, in thecounty of New York, in the State of New York, have invented a newArticle for the Holding of the Beins or Securing Them in a ProperPosition to the Vehicle when the Vehicle is Left by the Driver; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings and working modelwhich accompany this application.

The following is a description of the rein holder, viz:

Two eccentrics marked in Figure l as A and B run on two upright shaftsmarked a and l1 the edges of which where they come in contact beinggrooved, said eccentrics A and B resting upon a platform D and thebottom of each ec centric hollowed out as shown in Fig. il and in whichis a spiral or coil spring marked one end of which is fastened to theeccentric at d and the otherl end to the upright shaft marked c in Fig.4, upon which the eccentric runs. The plat.-

`form upon which the eccentrics rest, lhas a screw running through it,by which the rein holder is fastened to the vehicle. The cuts in Fig. 1show the head of the screw which screws into the shafts c and fastensthe eccentric to the shaft, so that the drawing out of the reins shallnot draw the eccentric off of the shaft. The letters C C are the reinswhich are now drawn between the eccentrics A B and are now held by thenipping of the eccentrics, and the strain upon the reins by the jerkingof the horses head only tightens the hold of the. eccentrics upon them.

E in Fig. l is the post of the carmans truck upon which the rein holderis secured. Fig. 2 Vshows the 4eccentrics open as the reins pass throughthem, andF ig. 3the Y closing of them upon the reins.

The driver in leaving his vehicle, only has to draw the reins throughthe eccentrics and at once has them in a secure position, and no dangerof their getting under the horses feet..

The letters e e in Fig. 2 show two pins which keep the eccentrics fromacting farther than that point, said pins being fastened into theplatform D.

I am aware that devices have been contrived to hold straps, &c., by theuse of cam levers acting against a Xed point or shoul- THos. L.BRAYNARD.

lVitnesses:

JAS. W. HALE, IV. W. VILsoN.

